On top of a ridge of in Indonesia, a healthy male Sumatran tiger was spotted by camera traps earlier this year.
The camera traps are part of a collaboration between WWF and the Riau Forestry Department to help determine which species abound in the region.
Sumatran tiger caught on camera traps as a part of collaboration between WWF and Riau Forestry Department. Image: WWF
An important conservation tool, the cameras are equipped with infrared sensors that take a picture whenever they sense movement in the forest.
Around 18 cameras were strategically installed back in March of 2017 to support WWF’s intensive tiger monitoring in central Sumatra.
Sumatran tiger caught on camera. Image: WWF
“This is the first time we have caught such a beautiful image of a tiger here. I feel our hard work has paid off just by seeing this majestic creature roaming on the island,” said Febri Anggriawan, WWF-Indonesia’s Tiger Research Coordinator leading this study.
On top of a ridge of in Indonesia, a healthy male Sumatran tiger was spotted by camera traps earlier this year. Image: WWF
WWF works with the government of Indonesia and conservation partners to strengthen law enforcement and antipoaching efforts and slow deforestation in their remaining habitat.
Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers
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Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA.
She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA.
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